Soccer is no joke overseas
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http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/06/brazilian-soccer-match-ends-in-brutality/related/
Reports out of Brazil have slowly surfaced that an amateur soccer match on June 30 in the poor state of Maranhão, Brazil ended with one player stabbed to death and the referee decapitated by angry fans.
According to multiple reports citing police statements on the situation, 20-year-0ld match referee Octavio da Silva (pictured) showed 30-year-old player Josenir dos Santos Abreu a red card, which started a dispute between the two.
Abreu attempted to either punch or kick the referee, who retaliated by whipping out a knife and stabbing the player. Abreu died of his stab wounds on his way to the hospital.
In retaliation, friends and family of Abreu in the stands rushed the pitch and overwhelmed da Silva, lynching him and stoning him to death before quartering his body and decapitating him, placing his head on a stake.
An official statement from Valter Costa, police chief of Santa Ines in Maranhão, “Reports of witnesses have indicated some people that were in place at the time of the fact. We will identify and hold accountable all those involved. A crime will never justify another. Actions like this do not collaborate with the legality of a state law.”
The investigation is ongoing. Police apparently confirmed that an arrest has been made using videos of the lynching uploaded to social media.
Reports out of Brazil have slowly surfaced that an amateur soccer match on June 30 in the poor state of Maranhão, Brazil ended with one player stabbed to death and the referee decapitated by angry fans.
According to multiple reports citing police statements on the situation, 20-year-0ld match referee Octavio da Silva (pictured) showed 30-year-old player Josenir dos Santos Abreu a red card, which started a dispute between the two.
Abreu attempted to either punch or kick the referee, who retaliated by whipping out a knife and stabbing the player. Abreu died of his stab wounds on his way to the hospital.
In retaliation, friends and family of Abreu in the stands rushed the pitch and overwhelmed da Silva, lynching him and stoning him to death before quartering his body and decapitating him, placing his head on a stake.
An official statement from Valter Costa, police chief of Santa Ines in Maranhão, “Reports of witnesses have indicated some people that were in place at the time of the fact. We will identify and hold accountable all those involved. A crime will never justify another. Actions like this do not collaborate with the legality of a state law.”
The investigation is ongoing. Police apparently confirmed that an arrest has been made using videos of the lynching uploaded to social media.
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I thought the thread title actually referred to the money made by players . ..
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Not 2 surprised. I've seen ? threaten referees all the time(I'm probably included) back home, so some of the refs will probably carry a knife or a gun during football(soccer) games.
Either on them or in close vicinity!
If the ref would've shot the fair one with the player maybe it would've just ended in fisticuffs.
As I said though, refs get threatened or harmed all the time hence the protection carried.
Sad that kid was only 20.
I got stories upon stories of how violent us 3rd world football players r mane. -
lol an amateur match? Them Brazilians are committed to the cause
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The Ref ? up tho..punch him or kick him back, why you gotta go Zimmerman route?
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No video or pics of this ? ?
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Now that would make the sport watchable.
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soccer most popular sport worldwide...of course its serious...
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North America is like the only place in the world where soccer is not that serious. Players come here once they passed they prime.
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Damn the ref was bout that life, it caught up to him fast though.
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I guess he showed him the dead card
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? , fans of opposing teams get into it all the time. aint nobody ? with them soccer rivalries, get jumped for wearing the wrong jersey one dark night
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soccer violence ok we've seen that but yo......they draw-and-quarter'd dude?
and put his head on a spike on some real King Joffrey ? ???
shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetttt.................. -
Eventually it will become big in the states too, sooo much $$$ to be made
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got damn mia went hamm
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Them ? overseas are crazy about soccer, they like Raider and Philadelphia fans x1000
Doubt soccer will ever get big like that in the states though, our athletes have too many other options
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzDB70d9AUU&list=HL1373293334
